@database "FamousAmigaUses.guide" @author "Pär Boberg" @remark "$VER: FamousAmigaUses Guide 1.6 (5. December 2000)" @remark "Created with GoldED 6" @Width 72 @node MAIN "Welcome to Famous Amiga Uses! By Pär Boberg 2000" Welcome to Famous Amiga Uses by: @{b}Pär Boberg@{ub}. (Originally written by: @{b}David Tiberio@{ub}). @{b}Updated: 05/12/2000@{ub} @{b}Version: 1.6@{ub} This list will show a lot of famous Amiga uses around the world, and prove that Amiga was (and probably still are) quite widely used in the TV/Movie/Video-Editing business... @{u}!!PLEASE NOTE!!@{uu} I can't verify that everything on this list is true. But I do know that loads of it, is true. But if you know of anything that should be removed or added or are incorrect, then please send me an e-mail! And remember: Spread the word about our fantastic Amiga computer to everybody! Plus a BIG thanks to Jay Miner for creating the Amiga! @{" Contact me " link AUTHOR} @{" ABC " link ABC} @{" Athletics " link ATHLETICS} @{" Awards " link AWARDS} Updated -> @{" Cabel Television " link CABELTELEVISION} Updated -> @{" Corporations and Government " link CORPGOV} @{" Disney " link DISNEY} @{" ESPN " link ESPN} @{" Events " link EVENTS} @{" Exhibits " link EXHIBITS} @{" FOX " link FOX} @{" HBO " link HBO} @{" IBM " link IBM} @{" Kiosks and OEM " link KIOSKSOEM} Updated -> @{" Movies " link MOVIES} @{" Television Movies " link TVMovies} @{" MTV " link MTV} @{" NBC " link NBC} @{" NewTek " link NEWTEK} @{" PBS " link PBS} Updated -> @{" People " link PEOPLE} Updated -> @{" Production Studios " link PSTUDIOS} Updated -> @{" Programs and TV-series " link PROGRAMTV} @{" Public Access " link PA} @{" Rysher " link RYSHER} @{" Schools " link SCHOOLS} Updated -> @{" Specials " link SPECIALS} NEW -> @{" Specials 2 " link SPECIALS2} @{" Stations " link STATIONS} @{" TV-Commercials " link TV-COMM} @{" Virtual Reality " link VR} @endnode @node AUTHOR "Author" If you want to contact me, my address is: Pär Boberg Bangårdsgatan 51 932 31 Skelleftehamn SWEDEN @{u}E-mail:@{uu} gkp984b@tninet.se @{u}Or:@{uu} p.boberg@minmail.net @{u}Webpage:@{uu} http://user.tninet.se/~gkp984b/ @endnode @node ABC "ABC" *ABC* ABC Sports 1992 Olympic Games. Live Amiga generated instant overlays. "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", Emmy Award, Special Visual Effects. @endnode @node ATHLETICS "Athletics" *Athletics* Athletics Stadiums. Atlanta Braves Sports Display. BC Place Stadium video displays in Vancouver, Canada. California Angels Anaheim Stadium. Cotton Bowl. Dallas Mavericks Reunion Arena's Scoreboard. Florida Marlins Joe Robbie Stadium Event Scoreboard. Harlem Globtrotters events. Miami Dolphins Jumbotron. Philadelphia Phillies Scoreboard and Phanavision. Portland Trailblazers, Portland Oregon, sporting events. Atlanta Georgia 1996 Olympics Planning Board. Chelsea Soccer Club, England, sponsored by Commodore UK. @endnode @node AWARDS "Awards" *Awards* "Babylon 5", Emmy Award Winning Movie, Warner Bros., 1993. Cox Cable Productions, New Orleans, LA. ACE Award nomination for Sports Productions. NewTek, Inc., of Topeka Kansas. Emmy Award winner for developments in television engineering. Creator of the Video Toaster and the Screamer. "Panama Deception", Oscar Award Winning "Best Documentary Film". "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", Emmy Award, Special Visual Effects. @endnode @node CABELTELEVISION "Cabel Television" *Cabel Television* American Cablevision. Brookhaven Cable, Long Island, New York. Prevue Guide, Real Estate Channel, Classified Ads Channel. Brooklyn Queens Cable, Brooklyn, New York. Pay Per View. Comedy Central Cable Network. Video Toaster generated overlays and graphics. Cox Cable Productions, New Orleans, LA. ACE Award nomination for sports productions. Still store of basketball players. Online CG for remote live EFP events, basketball, football, telethons. Israeli cable television (name unknown). Amiga generated graphics used in promotional spots using Imagine. NEW-> Paragon Cabel (now AT&T Broadband). Has used Amigas for many different things. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk.) Roger's Cable, Canada. TV Listings Channel, Real Estate Channel. Video Toaster controlled video editing, titling, overlays. TCI cable television. Videotron Ltee. 1992 to 1996, Automated "personnal ads channel" using VideoToaster Amiga equipped computer, Cando design control software. Amiga/toaster are still in use in 2000 in many "community channels" productions along newer production equipement. There are about 10 production studios In Videotron scatered around Quebec. A third still use Amiga/toaster for various uses in television production. (Thanks to Camil Gaulin, who actually works there!) Vision Cable in North Carolina. PreVue Guide. @endnode @node CORPGOV "Corporations and Government" *Corporations and Government* Ministry of Economics, Bonn, Germany. Some Amigas have been used by them. (Thanks to Michael Lanser.) 2 nightclubs in Chicago, Illinois (names unknown). Amiga 500 using AmigaVision Pro, SuperGen, and DCTV. Nightclub ads and screen shots of patrons. Informational messages such as bar closings and birthdays. Live interactive games such as Video Post Office and Family Fued. A famous museum (Deutsches Museum, München Germany) used an Amiga 500 without any expansions, for a cell-injection simulation. The program was coded in assembly language and artwork in DPaint 3. It was controlled by a standard joystick, which controlled the injection needle that you could move around the screen. (Thanks to Andi for the info.) (Artwork created by Andi himself!) ABC, American Broadcasting Company. American Cablevision. NEW-> American Military. Used Amiga under the development of the Hellfire missile. (Not totally confirmed.) (Thanks to Richard Fhager.) ARD, German television company. Uses/used AMIGA to make overlays, titeling etc. (Thanks to Uwe Horn.) Armagh Planetarium, Northern Ireland. They use the Amigas in their display rooms. (Thanks to Phillip Montgomery.) NEW-> AT&T Broadband. Amiga's are currently in use at their Head-ends in Troutdale (East Portland), Beaverton (West Portland - Vancouver, WA and Salem, OR) for AT&T information graphics on Community TV Channel 26 and Leased access Channel 1/99. The graphics contain AT&T information for their cable customers. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk.) NEW-> AT&T Broadband Studio. Still uses an Amiga for CG (using Sheriff systems software or Scala mm400) and a Super Gen. Current studio productions include Spectrum (used to be NE Spectrum), The Mayor's Forum, and PrimeTimers. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk.) Atlanta Georgia 1996 Olympics Planning Board. Previsualization, storyboarding, and advertising. NEW-> Auto Sim, Tromsö, Norway. Used Amiga 4000 computers to model objects they used in their simulation products which they sold to the military. (Thanks to Arnljot Arntsen.) BC Hydro, Vancouver, Canada. Interactive video displays. NEW-> Bergen and Trondheim Airport, Norway. Used Amigas for displaying various stuff around the whole airport. (Thanks to A Myren.) NEW-> British Navy. Bought a radar system based on Amigas in -97. (Thanks to Arnljot Arntsen.) Brookhaven Cable in Long Island, New York. Brooklyn Queens Cable, Brooklyn, New York. Pay Per View. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Broadcast Center in Toronto. Information Kiosks, for finding studios and offices. CERN, European Particle Research Laboratory (location unknown). Display of Particle Accelerator Complex. Channel 4, UK. Uses/used a modified Amiga A1200 for tele cue. (Thanks to Josh Yates-Walker.) CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, United States of America. Animations used to produce classified national security videos. Used in presentations for President Bush and President Clinton. CineMaxx, in "Bonn/Bad Godesberg and Münich", Germany. Uses Amiga computers to show which film runs in which of the 14 cinemas, how much it costs and how many seats are free. In the cinema there are at least 10 - 30 TV-screens which shows the information, created with the Amiga. The Amigas are also in a network with the PCs used for the ticket-office. (Thanks to Michael Lanser.)(Thanks to Ruediger Steidle for addtional info.) Detroit Metro International Airport, Detroit, Canada. Amigas are used for security video at the international terminal. (Thanks to Brian Donahue.) Digital Equipment Corporation. Amiga based multimedia workstations. Dow Chemical Inc., Michigan. Closed circuit news broadcasting. Developed by Michael Fischer. Dutch television, Netherlands. Hitbingo, weekly 1.5 hour gameshow with Amiga generated displays. Televizierring 1993, yearly award for best television program. Amiga controlled video wall and graphics production. Ik weet het beter, Amiga produced graphics. ESAB, Sweden. Is a rather big and multinational welding company. Uses several Amigas and mainly SuperBase Professional. Fire Department in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Amiga used to control systems in training areas and report progress. Ford Motor Company, in automobile assembly plants (InfoChannel). Ford Werke A.G. Köln, Germany. Uses Amiga Forever and Metaview to convert "cgm" to "bitmap" files. (Thanks to Detlef Zirpel - a true Amiga enthusiast! and works at Ford's John-Andrews Research & Engineering Centre, Köln, Germany.) (They might buy a real Amiga! Not bad at all...) NEW-> Hamburg Railway station, Germany. Uses Amiga to display commercials etc on a huge video display. (Thanks to Heike Behrenbeck.) NEW-> Hotel Bristol, Bergen, Norway. Uses/used Amigas for hotel-tv. (Thanks to A Myren.) InfoChannel, Scala Inc.. International Business Machines. Multimedia displays. IoMega Corp (location unknown). Video Toasters used for video production. Israeli Air Force. Amiga generated flight simulators for pilot training. JPL, technology and astronomy lab. Distant Suns, astronomy software. NEW-> Kempener Lichtspiele (a cinema), Kempen, Germany. Two Amigas are used to display which movie they are showing. A third Amiga is/was used in a sunstudio to control the rooms. (Thanks to Gregor Galwas.) LILCO, Long Island Lighting Company, New York. Corporate training videos. Maclean-Hunter, Peterborough, Ontario. Cable 6 Community Programming. Marine Institute of Technology, St Johns, Newfoundland. Amiga 4000/040 running AmigaVision Pro. Amiga based kiosk with course listings, faculty, directions, events. Multimedia course based on Amigas. Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Hubble Space Telescope exhibit. Amiga controlled laser disc players. Interactive astronomical data processing station Metro-Cable Association, Toronto, Ontario. ATV Toronto. Microsoft. Video Toasters used for internal video production. Meteor Crater, (Northern Arizona). Interactive information kiosks in visitor's center. (Thanks to John A. Whiting.) NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Space Center Houston, space shuttle computer simulators for visitors. NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Association. AmiLink control systems. Amiga's used in Hanger EA. (Thanks to John A. Whiting.) NBC, National Broadcasting Company. NCR, Dayton, Ohio. Video Toasters used for internal video production. NCR, El Segundo, California. Video Toasters used for internal desktop publishing course development. Net-SC (cable TV operator), Brazil. Uses Scala (year 1999 at least)(version unknown). (Thanks to Daniel Mealha Cabrita.) NEW-> Neurostoners, Nintendo gamedevelopers. Used an Amiga 1200 to port Pinball Fantasies from the Amiga to the Nintendo in 1996. (Thanks to Richard Fhager.) NewTek, Inc., of Topeka Kansas. Creator of the Video Toaster and the Screamer. Emmy Award winner for developments in television engineering. Nuclear Electric, Ipswich. Amiga controlled MCR simulator for Sizewell B Control Room. Oak Ridge Museum, Tennessee. Amiga produced educational games. Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Ontario. Amiga 500 (use unknown). Pay Per View. Amiga generated video sequences. PBS, Public Broadcasting System. Various television series. Philips Inc., Netherlands. Amiga used in research labs for LCD displays. Philips, Sidewalk Studio, Santa Monica, California. CD-I software development using various Amigas. Police Department in Gouda, Netherlands. Amigas used to capture and display criminals and suspects. Prevue Networks of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Creaters of Prevue Guide. Rede Record (TV network), Brazil. Used/uses Scala (version unknown). (Thanks to Daniel Mealha Cabrita.) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer, New York. Electronic Arts minor degree. 3 A3000's, 2 A500's, 1 Video Toaster workstation. Used to teach video production techniques. Final projects developed using the Video Toaster. Rysher Entertainment. SafeWay supermarket (location unknown - presumed Vancouver). Amiga cake decorator. NEW-> SAS, Scandinavian airline. Uses/used Amiga and Scala, for displaying various info. (Thanks to Nimo.) NEW-> Scandinavium, hockey arena, Gothenburg, Sweden. Uses/used Amiga 4000 to display graphics on the big Jumbotron display. (Thanks to Richard Fhager, who has worked there!.) (And now editor at "www.boingworld.com"!) Skydome, Toronto. Tourist information for the city of Toronto. NEW-> Snap, music group (country unknown). (Thanks to Richard Fhager.) Sonic Cable Television (use unknown). Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas. Amigas and DataWeb used to research signal auralization studies. Realtime data acquisition and signal processing in labs. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland. Amiga used to display spacecraft statistics in lobby. Video Toaster used for in-house video bulletin board. Stanford Linear Accelerator (use unknown). Survival Research Labs (location unknown). Amiga 2000 used and shown in documentary video. St. Clair Interactive Communications. K-Mart Coupon Center. SEATS Theater Seat Booking System. SVT, Swedish television company. Custom made Amiga video editing system. "No specially made Amigas, but a range of Amiga computers, and video editing stuff, specially made for SVT". TCI cable television. Toaster Marmalade of California. TV4, Swedish television company, Sweden. Used A4000, Imagine, AdPro etc, for creating and displaying numbers and other stuff in real-time, in a game-show called "TipsBingo". Amigas used for another game-show, called "BingoLotto". (Thanks to Gustav Lidberg.) NEW-> TV Art, TV Palma, TV Pink, TV Politika, TV SOS, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. NEW-> TVCG, Podgorica, Yugoslavia. NEW-> TV LAV, Vrsac, Yugoslavia. NEW-> TV Pancevo, TV Ritam, Pancevo, Yugoslavia. Thanks to Nikola Smolenski for all the Yugoslavian tv-stations!) NEW-> TV Sälen, Sälen, Sweden. Uses Amiga and Scala for displaying weather, slope and entertainment info. (Thanks to Fredrik Nilsson.) United Video of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Makers of Prevue Guide. Universal Studios. Urkraft, Active Television (Skellefteå's local TV-station), Sweden. Uses Amiga computers and Scala for their work. One A500+ with ScalaMM202 for adding text to various stuff that has been filmed. One A1200 with ScalaMM300 also for adding text to various stuff that has been filmed. And 2 A4000 with Scala InfoChannel 500, used for their information channel, that covers most of Skellefteå, which reaches about 14 000 households. I know this, because I work there! VIDIGraphic. Virgin Megastore, London, UK. Uses an Amiga with a genlock to overlay news about forthcoming releases, etc. onto video displays. (Thanks to Rob Little.) Virtuality. Dactyl Nightmare, virtual reality coin-op game. Walt Disney Productions. Animated movies and television series. Video Toaster workstations. Mickey's Magical Fountain controlled by Amiga 3000. Computerized water effects, stage show, dinosaur, explosions. Pleasure Island controlled night-time fireworks, lasers, and music. Warner Bros., motion picture company. "Animaniacs", animated cartoon television series. "Babylon 5", motion picture, television series. Wolverhampton Wanderers, (football club) in England. Uses Amiga to generate their large video walls, (2 of them) in the ground (Molineux). (Thanks to Des Stockton.) ZDF, German television company. Uses/used AMIGA to make overlays, titeling etc. (Thanks to Uwe Horn.) @endnode @node DISNEY "Disney" *Disney* Beauty and the Beast. Several Amiga 500s with turbocard used for rendering.(unconfirmed). (Thanks to Gustav Lidberg.) Dinosaur, Disney latest movie (2000). Have used Amiga in the production! (Thanks to John Niclasen.) Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, DisneyWorld/MGM Studios, Orlando, Florida. Amiga 2000's used to control audio effects using proprietary software. "Not Quite Human", movie starring Alan Thicke. Amiga 1000's used as props. @endnode @node ESPN "Espn" *Espn* ESPN's "Fly Fishing Video Magazine". @endnode @node EVENTS "Events" *Events* Friendship Games, Kuwait. Pan American Games. "Phantom of the Opera" at the Pantages, Toronto, Canada. Controls audio effects. IBM OS/2 Multimedia Presentation at CEBIT, Hannover. Using InfoChannel multimedia software. @endnode @node EXHIBITS "Exhibits" *Exhibits* Amiga Expo Mexico. BC Hydro multimedia exhibit in Vancouver, Canada. Bit.Movie computer art competition in Riccione, Italy. Consumer show in Tel-Aviv, Israel, July 1993. Two video walls containg 64 monitors displaying Amiga generated graphics overlayed onto Coca Cola commercials. Amiga 3000 and Scala MM211 controlled two video disc players and two video splitters. Epcot Center Interactive Displays. Exploratorium, science museum. Amiga 1000's and AmigaBASIC used for displays. Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Amiga controlled exhibits for various purposes. Glimpse into the future, careers, and college database. 1084 Video Monitor viewable by visitors to the museum. Guiness World of Records, (city unknown), England. Amiga controlled touchpads. Guiness World of Records, Empire State Building, New York. Touchpad displays for interactive quiz. Hawaii volcano museum (name unknown). Amiga used to display earthquakes and tremors in real time. IPISA, Incontro dei Programmatori Italiani per lo Sviluppo Amiga. Mac World Expo. Apple Computer video wall demonstrations. Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Canada. Amiga controlled robot arms and weathermaps. Science World video display in Vancouver, Canada. World of Commodore-Amiga Show New York City, New York. Pasadena, California. Sidney, Australia. Toronto, Canada. @endnode @node FOX "FOX" *FOX* "Animaniacs", animated television series by Warner Bros. ImageFX used for color correction and segment title cards. @endnode @node HBO "HBO" *HBO* HBO, Home Box Office. "Afterburn" flight scenes by Toaster Marmalade of California. @endnode @node IBM "IBM" *IBM* OS/2 Multimedia Presentation at CEBIT, Hannover. Scala multimedia software. Minnessota Mainframe Site Multimedia Presentations. Scala multimedia software. @endnode @node KIOSKSOEM "Kiosks and OEM" *Kiosks and OEM* Amiga.Physik.Unizh.Ch Internet FTP site supported by Amiga 3000UX. Founding host site of Aminet mirrors. Supervised by Urban D Mueller. Australian international airports (InfoChannel). Arcade Coin-Up Video Games. Mad Dog McCree, laser disc based video game. Controlled by a genlock-equipped Amiga 500. Magic Johnson's Basketball. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Broadcast Center in Toronto. Information Kiosks, for finding studios and offices. CD32, CD based game console. First 32-BIT game console. Introduced July 1993. Based on the AGA chipset as found in the Amiga 120u0. CDTV, CD based interactive multimedia player. First CD based multimedia player. Introduced 6 months before CD-I. Based on the OCS chipset as found in the Amiga 500. Consumer paint color coding service, used at hardware stores. Design Mirage's Kodak Film Racing Team. Expandaview Videowall System, Optinocal Ltd. of England. Point of Sale and Point of Information systems. "Graphic Master". "Studio VIP Plus". Franklin Mill Outlet Mall, Philladelphia, Pennsylvania. Information booths. Full Service Network, Time Warner Studios. Cinemorph used for in-house films, produced by Co-directions. Israeli shopping malls (names unknown). Amiga 1200 and Scala used to control multiple monitors for TV programs and special sales announcements. London Transport Museum Interactive Displays. 109 CD32 consoles. Networked kiosks developed by Index Information. Martinez California County District Attorney's Office. Database of Delinquent Parents, using NewTek Video Toasters. Me TV, Video Karaoke, Media Image Productions. Oceana Naval Air Station in Virgina Beach, Virginia (InfoChannel). Paradise Hotel, Eilat (assumed Israeli city). Amiga 1200's and Scala used in interactive kiosks (topics unknown). POST In Store Advertising Network for Supermarkets. SEGA Genesis software development systems. Amiga 500 based expansion boards for game development. User Interface Technologies "Media Magician", home control system. Videoplex Tour of Alaska. Video Toaster Workstations by NewTek of Topeka, Kansas. Amiga based systems with Video Toaster expansion board. VIDIGraphic's McDonalds' Drive-Thru Video Displays. @endnode @node MOVIES "Movies" *Movies* Feature Films "Betrayed", (producer unknown), motion picture. Amiga used to maintain database of right-wing extremists. "City Slickers", motion picture, starring Billy Crystal. "Death Train", starring Pierce Brosnan, motion picture. SCALA used to display secret Russian information. SCALA logo visible onscreen. "Fantastic Four: The Movie", motion picture. "Food of the Gods 2", motion picture. Amiga used as prop on the growth lab. NEW-> "Freaked", with Brooke Shields. Workbench spotted. (Thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni.) "Freejack", feature film, starring Emilio Estevez. Lightwave generated animation of main character's race car. Video Toaster generated time-warp displays. Graphics created by Joe Conti. "Honey, I Blew Up the Baby". Effects produced by Anti-Gravity Workshop. "Hot Shots, Part Deux", motion picture. "Jurassic Park", previsualization by Amblin Imaging. "Me Myself I". Amiga 1000 and notepad used. (Not verified.) (Thanks to Stephan Bielmann.) "More than Human", Walt Disney Studios. Amiga generated graphics of androids. "Motel Blue 19", horror film. Cinemorph used for morphing sequences. "Mouth of Madness", directed by John Carpenter. Amiga created book covers, posters, and stage setting graphics. "Necronomicon", feature film. "Neon Warrior", motion picture. Amiga also used in creation of a corresponding video game. NEW-> "Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto", Italian movie. A500 on screen used for databasing. (Thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni.) "Panama Deception", Oscar Award Winning "Best Documentary Film". "Prince of Darkness", motion picture (1987). Amiga 1000s used to write down some evil phrases. With external diskdrives and monitors (the ancient ones) by Commodore-Amiga. (Thanks to Andi for the info.) "Robocop", motion picture (year and studio unknown). Amiga generated special effects. "Robocop 2", motion picture (year and studio unknown). Amiga generated special effects. "Screamers" Amiga computer and Workbench visible. "Sidekicks", starring Chuck Norris. "Star Trek VI", feature film. Lightwave generated graphics by Joe Conti. USS Enterprise and USS Excelsior modeled by Allen Hastings. "Stepfather III". Amiga 500 used as prop with Deluxe Paint and Digi View. "The Abyss", motion picture (year and studio unknown). Turbo Silver 3 used to model water tentacles and aliens. "The Gods Must Be Crazy II". Amiga 2000 used to display graphics in the opening. "Three Men and A Baby". Amiga character generation and titling by Rick Probst. "Total Recall", motion picture. Digital Creations SuperGen genlocked graphics. "Terminator II", motion picture. Amiga generated morphs. "Warlock", produced by Trimark. "Warlock II", produced by Trimark. "Wayne's World II", starring Dana Carvey and Mike Myers. Produced by Paramount Pictures. @endnode @node TVMOVIES "Television Movies" *Television Movies* "Afterburn". Home Box Office Presentations. Flight scenes by Toaster Marmalade of California. "Babylon 5", Emmy Award Winning Movie, Warner Bros., 1993. All computer graphics generated on Amiga computers. Lightwave 3D generated scenes of space ships. "The Dark Half". Stephen King television movie. Character effects by Everett Burrell. "Max Headroom", motion picture and television series. "seaQuest DSV", Irvin Kirschner (director), Universal Studios, 1993. Starring Roy Scheider. Effects produced by Amblin Imaging and 60 Video Toasters. More special effects than "The Empire Strikes Back". "Tommyknockers". Stephen King television movie. Morphing sequences using ASDG's MorphPlus, by The Post Group. "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", Emmy Award, Special Visual Effects. @endnode @node MTV "MTV" *MTV* Bee Gees, using NewTek Video Toaster animated sequences. Billy Idol. Rick Finn. Todd Rundgren. "Change Myself", music video. "Fascist Christ", music video. "Property", music video. "Theology", music video. ZZ Top. @endnode @node NBC "NBC" *NBC* "Amazing Stories". "Quantum Leap". Morph effects produced by The Post Group using MorphPlus. "seaQuest DSV". Video Toaster effects created by Amblin Imaging. "This Country's Rockin'", television special. "Unsolved Mysteries". Video Toaster effects created by Joe Conti. @endnode @node NEWTEK "NewTek" *NewTek* Lightwave 3D, 3D modeling software. Screamer rendering system for Lightwave 3D. Video Toaster and the Video Toaster 4000. Personal video production system. @endnode @node PBS "PBS" *PBS* "Ghost Writer", television series. "My Secret Identity", television series. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego", PBS & Walt Disney Productions. @endnode @node PEOPLE "People" *People* Andy Warhol, painter (deceased). Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction author. "The Hammer of God". "Ghost from the Grand Banks". Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. "Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", graphics by Bob Anderson. Betty Boo, musician. Amiga used in production of her first album. Amiga used as a sequencer in her first tour. NEW-> Bill Davey. Did an one time animated opening extravaganza for the Portland Trail Blazers when they moved into the Rose Garden. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk.) Billy Idol, musician. NewTek Video Toaster. Amiga generated video walls. Appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", October 1993. Bobby Brown, musician. Bars and Pipes Professional used in music production (album unknown). Brad Carvey, brother of Dana Carvey. An original designer of the NewTek Video Toaster. Carel Struycken "Lurch Addams", actor in the movie Addams Family. Also played as "Mr. Homn" in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In real life owns an Amiga and a Video Toaster. (Thanks to John A. Whiting.) Charles Kowal, astronomer. Discoverer of Chiron, 2nd most distant asteroid Leda, Jupiter's 13th moon. Several comets (name unknown). Extra-galactic supernovae (names unknown). Author of "Asteroids; Their Nature and Utilization". Chris Stein, musician (of Blondie)(unconfirmed). (Thanks to Alex Passoni.) NEW-> Craig Paup, a local Portland Amiga-Animator. Used an Amiga-Toaster-Flyer setup for the opening animation you see at Act III movie theatres that "demo" their Dolby Digital THX surround sound system. That animation was Amiga Light-Wave generated. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk.) NEW-> Danny Elfman, have made the music for Batman etc. Used Amiga in his music production. (Thanks to Richard Fhager.) David Stringer, TVOntario. "Wastenot". Dick Van Dike, actor. (Thanks to Alex Passoni.) NEW-> Jim Blashfield. Did music videos and movies for Michael Jackson among others. Using Amigas ofcourse. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk.) Joe Rockhopper, Area52 spokesmodel. Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons". Paul Stookey, of "Peter, Paul, and Mary". Amiga used in private recording studio in Maine (city unknown). Penn Jillette, Magician/Comedian (of Penn and Teller). NEW-> Prince, formerly known as the Artist. Have used Amiga and Bars n Pipes. (Thanks to Richard Fhager.) Rick Green, TVOntario. "Prisoners of Gravity". Star Trek: The Next Generation actors. Carel Struycken, "Mr. Homn". Wil Wheaton, "Ensign Wesley". Stu Cook (former Creedence Clearwater Revival's bassist). Used an A3000 in his recording studio. (Thanks to Gustavo Sarmento.) Steven Spielberg, motion picture director. "Jurassic Park", previsualization by Amblin Imaging. "seaQuest DSV", special effects, underwater craft. "Animaniacs" (Thanks to Greg Hall.) Todd Rundgren, musician. "Change Myself", music video. "Fascist Christ", music video. "Property", music video. "Theology", music video. Tony Little, exercise tapes (as seen on TV). Video Toaster produced exercise tapes. @endnode @node PSTUDIOS "Production Studios" *Production Studios* Amblin Imaging. Creator of "seaQuest DSV" special effects. "Jurassic Park" previsualization presentations. Anima (assumed Israeli post production house). Video post production house. Amiga 3000's and Amiga 1200's used to create previews and for animation classes. Creative Capers, USA. Made some stuff for Disney. Feature movie sequences for 101 Dalmations and mr. Magoo. (Thanks to Dermot O Connor, who has worked there!) NEW-> Film Roman, USA. Have used Amiga computers for line testing. (Thanks to Dermot O Connor.) Foundation Imaging, California. Creator of "Babylon 5" special effects. NEW-> NatterJack, Vancouver, Canada. Have used some Amiga 4000 computers. (Thanks to Dermot O Connor.) NEW-> Will Vinton Productions. Used Amigas for several commercials, noteably the Chips Ahoy and the "Ant's," Raid Commercials. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk.) @endnode @node PROGRAMTV "Programs and TV-series" *Programs and TV-series* "Alf", NBC. Alf uses an Amiga for stock trading. "Amazing Stories", television series, NBC. "Animaniacs", animated television series by Warner Bros. "Babylon 5", science fiction television show by Warner Bros., 1993. Emmy Award winning show, special effects. Created by Foundation Imaging in California. "Bionic Showdown", NBC. Amiga used to create readouts of bionic parts for the Bionic Man. "Clarissa Explains it All", Nickelodeon. "Cyberspace 3D", public access programming in Portland, Oregon. "Entertainment Tonight", entertainment news magazine. NEW-> "Flipper" Amiga 500 + 1084 monitor spotted. (Not confirmed.) (Thanks to Fredrik Nilsson.) "F/X" Cameron Daddoo, Christina Cox, Rysher. Newer models of 1084S used as props. Video Toasters used. "Golden Years", television mini-series, created by Stephen King. "Goof Troop", animated television series, Walt Disney Productions. NEW-> "KNAG-tv" television series about Amiga in 46 episodes! Famous Amiga people that were interviewed: Jim Cuomo, Kellen Beck, Martin Hash, Jay Miner etc... (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk, who actually produced, wrote and hosted all the 46 episodes!) "Kung Fu Legend" Kwai Chang Caine Amiga Workbench visible. "Miami Vice", television series. Amiga 1000's and video displays used as props. "Montel Williams Show", daytime talk show. "My Secret Identity", television series, PBS. "Mysteries Beyond the Other Dominion", SciFi Channel. Produced by Toaster Marmalade of California. "Neighbors", Australian television soap opera. "Nick Arcade", Nickelodeon. "Not From New Orleans", television series, KVPT PBS. "Quantum Leap". Morph effects produced by The Post Group using MorphPlus. "Robocop", television series. Graphics created with Lightwave 3D. "Roboflight", SciFi Channel. "Rush Limbaugh", political satirist. "Prisoners of Gravity", TVOntario. "seaQuest DSV", NBC. Starring Roy Scheider. Effects produced by Amblin Imaging and 60 Video Toasters. "Sifl and Olly", MTV. Used Amiga with genlock and various gfx programs. (Thanks to Lowry Stiles.) "Tail Spin", animated television series, Walt Disney Productions. "The Edge" promotional commercial. Produced by Digital Fantasy. Amusement park ride in California. "The Flash", television series. Amigas used as props in an arcade, running "Shadow of the Beast". "Total Panic", Nickelodeon. Mandala interactive video walls. "Unsolved Mysteries". Video Toaster effects created by Joe Conti. "Wheels in the Wind", television series, (station unknown). Video Toaster produced. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego", PBS & Walt Disney Productions. "Wild Side", Nickelodeon. @endnode @node PA "Public Access" *Public Access* Iowa City Public Access TV. Graphics and video by Benn Dunnington, former .info publisher. Public Access Programming. "Cyberspace 3D", in Portland, Oregon. @endnode @node RYSHER "Rysher" *Rysher* "F/X" Cameron Daddoo, Christina Cox, Rysher. Newer models of 1084S used as props. Video Toasters used. @endnode @node SCHOOLS "Schools" *Schools* Banting Memorial High School, Alliston, Ontario. Video Toaster equipped Amiga 2500. CalArts College, (city unknown), California. Courses in animation, 3D modeling, and video production using Amigas and Video Toasters. California State University at Fresno. Media Services Department. AmiLink A/B roll time code editing. Video Toaster animated logos and graphics. MIDI music produced with Dr T's KCS 3.5 sequencer and SuperJam. Video production classes using AmiLink. Recipients of 3 national awards for videos and TV Programs. Charles Sturt University, (city unknown), Australia. Electronic art, multimedia, and medical imaging. Image analysis and geographic information systems. College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Has a 4000T with Video Toaster/Flyer as part of their excellent Broadcasting course. It is used to teach students non-linear video editing. (Thanks to David MacDonald.) Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. 2 television stations produced using Video a Toaster. Titles and special effects for student productions. (Thanks to David J. Cox.) Fresno Community College, Fresno, California. Amiga 1200 based information and student services kiosk. Olympia High School of Olympia, Washington, desktop video production. Remsen Central School, Remsen, New York. Word Processing and Scala, using 10 A1200's and 1 A3000. School of commerce, Kolding, Danmark, Amiga 4000 and Scala used for an information channel so the students are up to date. (Thanks to Henrik Farre.) Sherwood Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. State University of New York Albany, Mathematics Department. Oswego, Graphics Department. Stony Brook, campus television station (unconfirmed). State University of New York at Albany, New York. Amigas running Maple V used to teach Calculus. State University of New York at Oswego. Graphics Department. Animation and Video Toasters. Macintosh emulation using AMAX IV. State University of New York at Stony Brook. Campus television station (unconfirmed). Tulane University. TSTV, Tulane Student Television. Live switcher for video broadcasts. Live switcher for Tulane Women's Basketball. Tulsa Junior College of Oklahoma, desktop video production. Desktop Video Production Associates Degree. Two year degree on using the Amiga and the Video Toaster. UK music studio of unknown deaf vibraphone player. Bars and Pipes Professional used in music production. University of South Florida, (city unknown), Florida. Beginner and Advanced Computer Graphics (use unknown). University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida. Computer Animation Classes (use unknown). University of Toronto (unconfirmed). Net Trek server. Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Courses in video production using Video Toasters. Courses in Authoring Systems using AmigaVision and CanDo. Communications Department use for community news broadcasts. Walton High School, Marietta, Georgia @endnode @node SPECIALS "Specials" *Specials* "Aktuell Rapport" Swedish xxx movie. Amiga WB visible on screen. (Thanks to "4pLaY oF rESiSTANCE!".) "45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards" Video Toaster effects created by the Post Group. Advertising Club of New York's Annual Awards Ceremony. American Music Awards. Showtime's "World Class Kickboxing Championships". NEW-> The Fred Meyer Challenge a children's charitable event, Vancouver, USA. One Amiga running Scala MM400 and one Amiga with Video Toaster. Commercials, and Amiga computer graphics of all the sponsoring corporations, highlighting their logos and or products. 50 - 80 companies are involved in this. (Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk, who actually works on the project since 1988!) "This Country's Rockin'", documentary about America, NBC. TRANSPLANT & EMULATE. Techno & trance music group from Gothenburg, Sweden. Using Amiga 4000 PPC with Tracks & Fields, planning on using DigiBooster later. (Thanks to Krister Skrtic, also a member of Transplant & Emulate.) FISCAL & EAGER'S AT THE HOTLINE - 1993 Shooting Star Award, First Place Training Video winner, American Corporate Video Awards. Animated Open sequence and insert graphics were created using DPaint 4.1. End credits were created with Pro Video Post. Theme music was produced using SuperJam and a MIDI sound module. The project's client was The Child Welfare Training Project at CSU-Fresno. The video is used as part of a training curriculum for Child Protective Service workers in the State of California. The video is also being used by several CPS departments in other states. VIDEO CAFE: BAGDAD CAFE & OMAR episodes - 1992 Bronze Telly Award for Bagdad Cafe, 1993 Bronze Telly award for Omar. DPaint was used to create the Series'animated logo title sequence and for the animated transition graphic used between segments. End credits were created with Pro Video Post. The series was offered to local PBS TV stations and has been picked up by over 75 stations and counting. Each show features musical performance and documentary coverage of the featured musical group whose styles ranged from Blues to Zydeco. @endnode @node SPECIALS2 "Specials 2" *Specials 2* @{b}@{u}NEW@{uu}@{ub} Cable Talk. Graphics CGI package for Paragon Cable customer information program (Housten, TCI) Earth Date. Environmental News and Views, CG and animated Graphics Package for a weekly cable series. Sid Brown, Producer/Director. HoneyBaked Ham Portland Masters Bowling. Geoff Park Productions, Geoff Park Director/Producer Graphics & CG Package 1988 - 1998. Greater Portland Soccer District Championships, and Professional Soccer (Portland Timbers) Graphics & CG. NE Spectrum: LIVE. Opening animated Graphics and CG package for a Black current affairs program. Aaron Walker, Director. Oregon Voter Digest. Graphics Package and Live CG Spring '94 - Bruce Broussard Producer & Host. Portland Panthers. Graphics Package and live CG for professional tennis, Chris McMurtry, Producer. Portland Pride. Columbia Cable Graphics package & CG for indoor soccer, one season. 1993 season David Dale Producer. Santa OnLine A live phone in show...Animated Graphics package and live CG Paragon Cable. Steve Wylie Producer 1989 - 1996. Vote '92 -The Results. Graphics Package and live CG 1992 for Paragon Cable's Live election coverage. Winter Hawk Hockey. Live to Tape, Paragon Cable through '88 - '90 season. Dwight Gruber, Producer CG Package. Winter Hawk Hockey. Portland Coliseum Jumbotron Graphics package including animation, advertisements and VTR playback of Game highlights on the Jumbotron. Winter Hawk Hockey. In 1991 Columbia Cable, Vancouver WA took over the live to taping of Winter Hawk Hockey. David Dale Producer/Director Hockey broadcasts lasted until '91-'94. @{b}(Thanks to Garry T. Stasiuk, who has been involved in all the above (Specials 2) more or less!!)@{ub} @endnode @node STATIONS "Stations" *Stations* 900 NBC Television Stations. WSTM 3 in Syracuse, New York. Atlantic City, New Jersey. American Cablevision. Atlantic City, New Jersey (channel identification unknown). Brookhaven Cable in Long Island, New York. Brooklyn Queens Cable, Brooklyn, New York. Pay Per View. Israeli television (station identification unknown). Used to display live images on a children's game show (name unknown). Also used for set design. KAIL IND. "On Tonight With Chris Terrence", talk show. KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA (channel unknown). (Thanks to Dan Arico.) KFSN ABC. Amiga used for election results. KJEO CBS. Video Toasters. KNBC in Los Angeles, California (channel 4). (Thanks to John A. Whiting.) KOMO in Seattle, Washington (channel unknown). KRON in San Francisco Bay Area (channel unknown). KSEE NBC. Video Toasters. KUTV in Salt Lake City (use unknown). Local Origination Channel at Fresno's Continental CableVision. Nickelodeon. SciFi Channel. TCI cable television. WBZ in Boston, Massachusetts (channel unknown). WSTM 3 in Syracuse, New York. NBC affiliate. WMC TV, Memphis, Tennessee, USA - NBC Affiliate. Used Amigas and Video Toaster products to produce graphics for it's news casts. (Thanks to Greg Hall.) @endnode @node TV-COMM "TV-Commercials" *TV-Commercials* 1992 Olympic Games promotional advertisements. Encyclopedia Brittanica commercials. Amiga 2000 used as prop computer. Pay Per View. Amiga generated video sequences. @endnode @node VR "Virtual Reality" *Virtual Reality* BattleTech Center, virtual reality games in Chicago, Illinois. Amiga generated graphics. Dactyl Nightmare, virtual reality arcade game by Virtuality. Amiga generated graphics and system control. VR Slingshot, 3D virtual reality consumer game. Amiga based networked space flight simulator. @endnode